[78-L] Pop and Jazz Singers

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Dec 21 19:27:27 PST 2009


Kristjan Saag wrote:
> David Lennick wrote:
>> Definite "feh" on 78: Red Dorris. (If he didn't make 78s, he sure loused 
>> up a
>> lot of MacGregor Transcription tracks.)
> --
> IMHO he does it beautifully on "Flamingo" with Kenton (rec. Oct. 1941).
> Dorris sings on "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" on Capitol 145, and, of 
> course, is featured as tenor saxophonist on several other Kenton recordings.
> Kristjan 
> 

Red Dorris couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. Sorry. Good sax player, appalling 
vocalist.

dl






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